Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has admonished residents within the metropolis to desist from acquiring burial space from cemetery wardens instead of the assembly. AMA, in a statement signed by its...
Amnesty International has blamed “failing EU policies” for the soaring death toll among refugees and migrants in the central Mediterranean. In a report, it said “cynical deals” with Libya...
US President Donald Trump is due to give a major speech in Poland’s capital, Warsaw, laying out his vision for America’s relations with Europe. He can expect a warm welcome in the city’s...
US-led coalition air strikes have killed at least 224 civilians since the Syrian forces it backs entered Islamic State group bastion Raqa a month ago, a monitor said on Thursday. Arab and Kurdish...
Worawora Hospital had the privilege of delivering her first ever quadruplets after an expectant mother was referred to the government hospital from the Jasikan Hospital, all in the Volta Region of...
Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka wasn't even born when Venus Williams made her Wimbledon debut 20 years ago, but she believes her life has been building towards the moment they meet on a tennis court....
The EU and Japan were due Thursday to formally agree the broad outlines of a landmark trade deal that will now enter a more detailed phase of negotiation holding major pitfalls. Few details are known...
In a dark alleyway in the heart of Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, a team of doctors treat needy patients for free, offering medical care, food and even teddy bears. The medics treat poor and...
England's new captain, Joe Root, won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in the first Test at Lord's on Thursday. A lightly grassed pitch and blue skies overhead offered the promise of...
Thai customs officials sold off hundreds of seized luxury vehicles on Thursday, including dozens of supercars -- although many lots were removed last minute after it emerged they were stolen from...
More than seven tonnes of ivory worth over US$9 million was seized in Hong Kong, officials said Thursday, the largest bust of its kind in the city in three decades. The 7,200 kilogramme (16,000...
China on Thursday warned against "words and deeds" that could heighten tensions over North Korea, after Pyongyang tested an intercontinental ballistic missile that Kim Jong-Un dubbed a gift to...
A South African trade union Thursday defended prison officers for organising an erotic dance show for inmates, denying the performers were strippers as they were "not half naked as alleged". Pictures...
An upscale Bangladeshi restaurant has banned foreign guests, fearing a repeat of last year's deadly terrorist attack in a Dhaka cafe, the owner said Thursday. Lake Terrace, a reputed rooftop barbeque...
The Northern Electricity Distribution Company of the Volta River Authority (NEDco-VRA) has disconnected hydro-electricity supply to the entire Dohin Naayili community within the Tamale Metropolitan...
A youth group affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party calling itself the Bunkprugu/Yunyoo Patriots Network has dispelled rumors that the Member of Parliament for Bunkprugu constituency,...
Mo Farah stressed he has “never failed a blood test” following the release of hacked documents which appear to show his test results once caused suspicion. Hackers Fancy Bears published documents...
US President Donald Trump will use a landmark speech in Warsaw later Thursday to warn that the future of the West is in doubt if nations do not show more resolve. "The defence of the West ultimately...
A 60-year-old man is in the grips of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Volta Regional Police Command in Ho for allegedly attempting to traffic some six children at Kpassa in the Nkwanta North...
Opener Hamilton Masakadza hit a sparkling century as Zimbabwe posted 310 for eight against Sri Lanka in the third one-day international in Hambantota on Thursday. Masakadza (111) put on a crucial...
